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单词 lay up
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lay up

phrasal verb [usually passive]
If someone is laid up with an illness, the illness makes it necessary for them to stay in bed.
[informal]
I was laid up in bed with acute rheumatism. [be VERB-ed PARTICLE + with]
Powell ruptured a disc in his back and was laid up for a year. [be VERB-ed PARTICLE]
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lay up in British English

verb (tr, adverb)
1. 
to store or reserve for future use
2. (usually passive) informal
to incapacitate or confine through illness

lay up in American English

1. 
to store for future use; hoard
2. 
to disable; confine to bed or the sickroom
laid up with the flu
3. 
to take (a ship) out of operation, as by putting into a dry dock for repairs
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Examples of 'lay up' in a sentence
lay up

Might have to lay up with you for a few days till things cool off.
Terman, Douglas CORMORANT

All related terms of 'lay up'

lay out
( spread out : objects ) 摊(攤)开(開) tānkāi
lay on
( meal, entertainment etc ) 提供 tígōng ⇒ Mrs Kaul had laid on dinner. → 考尔太太设了宴席。 Kǎo'ěr tàitai shèle yànxí.
lay off
( workers ) 解雇(僱) jiěgù
lay into
( attack physically ) 痛打 tòngdǎ
lay in
( supply ) 储(儲)存 chǔcún
lay down
( put down ) 放下 fàngxià
lay aside
( object ) 把 ... 放在一边(邊) bǎ ... fàng zài yībiān

Chinese translation of 'lay up'

lay up

vt

  1. to be laid up (with sth) (inf, with illness) (因 ... 而)卧(臥)床 ((yīn ... ér) wòchuáng)
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Nearby words of
lay up

  • lay off
  • lay on
  • lay out
  • lay up
  • lay-by
  • lay-off
  • layer
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